Events

Climate Change and Wildlife Along Our Coasts Feb, 10

Wed., Feb. 10, 2021

Online webinar with Nancy Pau, Wildlife Biologist at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.

Time 2:00 pm

RSVP for Zoom webinar link.

Photo: Adrian Scholes

Film & Lecture Series funded by MA Office of CZM

Book Club - Spirit Run Feb, 17

WHERE: On Zoom (invitation link to be emailed out the week of the event)

WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 at 6:00 pm

We'll discuss the book Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North American's Stolen Land by Noé Álvarez.

Summary from spiritrunbook.com:

"Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noé Álvarez worked at an apple-packing plant alongside his mother, who “slouched over a conveyor belt of fruit, shoulder to shoulder with mothers conditioned to believe this was all they could do with their lives.” A university scholarship offered escape, but as a first-generation Latino college student, Álvarez struggled to fit in.

At nineteen, he learned about a Native American/First Nations movement called the Peace and Dignity Journeys, epic, noncompetitive races meant to renew cultural connections across North America. He dropped out of school and joined a group of Dené, Secwépemc, Gitxsan, Dakelh, Apache, Tohono O’odham, Seri, Purépecha, and Maya runners, all fleeing difficult beginnings.

Telling their stories alongside his own, Álvarez writes about a four-month-long journey from Canada to Guatemala that pushed him to his limits. He writes not only of overcoming hunger, thirst, and fear—dangers included stone-throwing motorists and a mountain lion—but also of asserting Indigenous and working-class humanity in a capitalist society where oil extraction, deforestation, and substance abuse wreck communities.

Running through mountains, deserts, and cities, and through the Mexican territory his parents left behind, Álvarez forges a new relationship with the land, and with the act of running, carrying with him the knowledge of his parents’ migration, and—against all odds in a society that exploits his body and rejects his spirit—the dream of a liberated future."

Please consider purchasing the book through a local, independent bookstore.

Barrier Beaches - Talk with Bill Sargent Feb, 23

Film & Lecture Series funded by MA Office of CZM

Equity in Climate Change Solutions Mar, 03

March 3, 4:30 pm
Online webinar

When it comes to climate change preparedness, no communities should be left out. Hear from two local organizations about the work they are doing to ensure equity in their climate change planning:

North Shore Community Development Coalition is working on multiple projects in Salem's Point neighborhood, including low-impact development and climate-resistant utility planning.

Resilient Together is a coalition serving Salem and Beverly and focusing on community resiliency in the face of heat waves, flooding, increased storms, sea level rise, and drought.

RSVP required - you'll recieve a link via email to the Zoom webinar the week before the event.

Film & Lecture Series funded by MA Office of CZM

Sacred Cod film Mar, 24

Time: 6:30-8:30 pm.

Date: March 24, 2021.  

Watch the film trailer here! 

RSVP to receive the link to watch the film at the above time and join us on Zoom afterward for a discussion with local fishing experts.

Watch party limited to 100 people, so don't miss out!

Film & Lecture Series funded by MA Office of CZM